Volume II

Issue : 8: April 15, 2004

• U.S. Broadband Industry May be Forced to Share Following Cable Modem Decision
• UN E-commerce Group Releases Revised Draft Convention on the Use of Data Messages in International Contracts
• Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Criminal Spam Case
• U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Grant Federal Government Exclusive Regulatory Authority Over VoIP
• U.S. Advocacy Groups Lobby FCC to Protect VoIP from Regulations
• CRTC Releases Preliminary View on VoIP Services
• PGA Tour Wins Battle over the Internet Posting of Real-Time Golf Scores
• British Columbia and Alberta Exempt from PIPEDA
• Canadian Privacy Commissioner's E-kit for Businesses
• Eight European Nations Fail to Implement the E-Privacy Directive
• Google Mail Alleged to Violate European Privacy Laws
• Florida Court Orders RIAA to Bring Individual Suits against Alleged File Swappers
• Federal Government Called Upon to Ban Internet Pharmacies
• Internet Pharmacy Sues Health Canada

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U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Grant Federal Government Exclusive Regulatory Authority Over VoIP

The U.S. Senate has introduced the VoIP Regulatory Freedom Act, thereby granting the U.S. federal government exclusive jurisdiction to regulate VoIPs. The bill proposes to limit the application of the traditional regulatory regime to VoIP phone service providers including a ban on the imposition of certain "access charge" taxes by the FCC. The bill's chief sponsor, senator John Sununu, has reasoned that the bill intended to facilitate the continued unhindered growth of the VoIP technology.

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